“In his later years Pablo Picasso was not allowed to roam an art gallery unattended, for he had previously been discovered in the act of trying to improve on one of his old masterpieces.”
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Getting people and leaders to change is pretty important—particularly enhancing behaviors associated with increased effectiveness.
The “magnitude” of change or “degree” of change [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot for the week. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about talent intelligence, metrics, a defense of the performance review, and ten ways to make a performance review meaningful.
From HRM Today: Talent Intelligence
“Among the excellent essays in [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Better, but not easy, time management
Competencies: time management, teamwork, team leadership
Who benefits: employees at any level, team leaders
Consultant Usage: good stories for trainers and coaches of time management
What’s it about? Came across a couple of blogs lately that focused on time management both at the individual level and the team [...]
A couple of years ago, Susan got promoted. Her boss made her a team leader. There would be a new title and more money. It looked great for about a day.
“Why do those people keep coming into my office and whining?” Susan asked, after her first day in the new job. “Why don’t they just [...]
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
Anonymous
We are raising our third guide dog puppy for the blind (Guide Dogs of America). He’s nearing the end of his journey with us and we will have him for about 4 to 6 more months. He came from the “A” litter [...]
“Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.”
Anonymous
We are raising our third guide dog puppy for the blind (Guide Dogs of America). He’s nearing the end of his journey with us and we will have him for about 4 to 6 more months. He came from the “A” litter [...]
Every week, I review blogs that cover talent development to find you the pick of the lot. In this post, you’ll find pointers to pieces about performance reviews, talent management metrics, making sense of studies and statistics, the “new normal,” and what to do about compensation.
From the NY Times: Time to Review Workplace Reviews?
“After years [...]
HOT READS FOR THE PRACTITIONER
Title: Making Your Next Speech Your Best
Competency: presentation skills
Who benefits: those giving a public speech
Consultant Usage: background material for executive speaking coaches and trainers of presentation skills
What’s it about? I remember my first public presentation. Oh do I remember it. I was just a skinny wet-behind-the-ears 17-year-old kid working as a [...]
Training is a mainstay of the corporate world. We send people to class or provide distance-learning resources to help them improve their knowledge and skills.
That’s important, but training can do more. The military and top companies for leadership development take advantage of training to create more benefits for participants and for the organization. Here are [...]
It’s easy to quit smoking. I’ve done it hundreds of times.
Mark Twain
I don’t ever remember my parents telling me, “If at first you don’t succeed….try giving up.”
Shouldn’t we persist or continue to pursue our goals in the face of extreme challenge or failure? I’m sure you have all heard the story of Edison (the bulb guy). Had [...]